"Captures Leavitt's passion"

Monette Magrath captures Leavitt’s passion for astronomy much as Jody Foster did for Eleanor Arroway in ‘Contact,’ without turning the play into something only a scientist could love. In Magrath’s performance, the audience feels her joy. And the audience, much of it made up of attendees of the 2011 Pacific Playwright’s Festival, gave it a standing ovation.